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MLK Day event in University Circle
Celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in University Circle. On Sunday, January
20 and Monday, January 21, many of University Circle’s
museums and institutions will offer free or discounted admission and special activities. The Rink at Wade Oval will
be open special hours on Monday, January 21 from Noon
- 5:00 p.m. From 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Monday, January 21, University Circle Inc. will provide a free shuttle
bus to take visitors to the participating organizations.
New Year’s resolutions can be a family affair
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Glen
Warren J. Glen, Jr. is the son of
Warren J. Glen, Sr. and Elena Freibott.
Glen, who is eight years old, is a third
grader. He enjoys playing with his trains
and learning about trains. He has a hearty
appetite and his favorite food is tacos.
Recently Glen had the opportunity to
meet “Cheese” Chisholm of the Harlem
Globetrotters.
Dr.William Hansen, a clinical psychologist at
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, says it’s a
good idea to sit together as a family, to reflect on the past
12 months and look ahead to the next year. He says parents
might even learn something new about their children’s wants
or fears. “Really, resolutions are about looking backward,
about this year that’s just coming to an end - what was good,
what wasn’t so good - and then making plans moving forward, things you’d like to achieve, things you’d like to do.”
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“COVERING THE NEWS TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW”
Jackson presents review for use of deadly force
By GEORGE GOLDMAN
After some review,
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson
wants an independent review of
all future cases in which police
use deadly force.
Jackson said during a recent news conference at City Hall
that he has not determined which
agency or government office
would best be suited to conduct
such reviews.
But he said taking the
process beyond the city’s purview
could help preserve residents’
trust in law enforcement and his
administration after a high-speed
police cahse last month ened in
gunfire and left Tim Russel and
Malissa Williams dead.
The mayor, who was accompanied by Police Chief Michael McGrath and Safety Director Martin Flask, said the city also
has asked the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division to
review the city’s policy governing
police use of force and compare
it with best practices nationwide.
According to Jackson, the Justice
Department has not yet responded.
Michael Tobin, spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office
said in an emailed statement that
the Justice Department is aware
of the mayor’s request and similar appeals from other leaders and
members of the community.
Tobin said that the De-
Russell
Williams
partment of Justice is in the process of assessing the entire situation.
In the meantime, a police administrative review and a
state-led criminal investigation
are under way, seeking to piece
together the events of Nov. 29 that
led police to chase and eventually fire 137 shots at Russell and
his passenger, Williams. Both of
whom were unarmed. The chase,
which began downtown after officers believed someone had fired a
gun from Russell’s 1979 Chevrolet Malibu SS, zigzagged through
Cleveland and ended in Shaw
Middle School parking lot in East
Cleveland. During the pursuit, of-
ficers believed the gunfire had continued and, at one point, they reported that the car had rammed a police
cruiser.
Thirteen Cleveland officers
opened fire on the suspects. One officer fired so many rounds, he had to
reload his weapon at least once, according to a lawyer representing the
officers. However, when the bodies
were removed from the car, police
found no gun or shell casings in the
vehicle.
Jackson said the officers involved will have his full support of
the investigations confirm that they
acted in accordance with city policies. If not, there will be consequences, he said.
political allegiances and issues of
race.
One fact remains clear:
Since council districts were last
drawn, in 2009, Cleveland’s population has shrunk by more than
30,000 people to about 369,000
according to the most recent U.S.
census figures.
Most of that population
loss occurred in they city’s northeast quadrant. But the East Side
- home to several of the city’s historic, predomninantly black neighborhoods - will lose only one ward
in the redistricting, to preserve
council representation for the
black community.
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson recently held a press conference at City Hall to establish an independent
review of all future cases in which police use deadly force. The press conference was attended by Safety Director
Martin Flask and Police Chief Michael McGraff. The latest use of deadly force by police officers involved the killing
of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams on November 29, 2012.
The criminal investigation is being handled by the state
attorney general’s office, the
Cuyahoga County Sheriffs Office and East Cleveland police.
According to McGrath,
the committee responsible for
the city’s internal investiga-
tion will focus first on the highspeed pursuit, which lasted about
a half -hour. The panel will determine whether they were properly
trained for such circumstances and
whether supervisors maintained
control of the situation. The review
will also seek to compare the pur-
suit policy with national industry
standards and make suggestions
for improvement. McGrath said
he expects the committee to submit its report by the end of January and potentialli issue recommendations for disciplinary action
against officers.
According to consultants,
Bob Dykes ,and his partner, Larry
Brisker, the East Side will not lose
two wards. Dykes and Brisker have
been meeting with council members
individually and in groups to discuss
how adjacent ward boundaries could
be altered.
Dyke said the majority of
the city’s residents are minorities,
while the majority of council members are not and he does not think two
seats on the East Side would be loss.
Council, which redraws the lines every decade
following the census, must do so
by April 1 or cede the authority
to Mayor Frank Jackson.
Council President Martin J. Sweeney will work with
the consultants and is expected
to present his colleagues with a
map for consideration sometime
in March.
In 1981, Cleveland had
33 council members, when the
charter was amended by a popular vote, shrinking the council to
21 wards, each with roughly equal
population. In 2008, voters approved another charter change requiring that the number of coucil
seats correlate to the city’s popula-
tion. To comply with the charter,
ward boundaries were redrawn the
following year, based on population estimates produced by a
Cleveland State University study.
Now the city is due for its decennial redistricting.
By GEORGE GOLDMAN
between 10 percent and 17 percent in 2012.
According to Wendy
Regoeczi, an associate professor
at Cleveland State University,
because homicides are relatively
rare, it is common for the numbers to rapidly fluctuate, especially at the city level.
Regoeczi said, however, given that the number of
homicides in Clveland has increased for two years in a row,
it may indicate a trend toward
increased lethal violence in the
city and certainly should be monitored.
“ It is too ear;y to know
for certain what is causing these
increases, and it is unlikely that
there is only one cause behind the
increase,” Regoeczi said.
Regoeczi said that to
indentify possible causes of the
increases and develop methods
to prevent further increases, the
nature of the homicides - as opposed to just the number - needs
to be examined because gang
homicides would require a different respinse than domestic homicides.
City Wards to be reduced with redistricting by council
By GEORGE GOLDMAN
In 2014, Cleveland’s
19-member City Council will lose
two more seats and members already are entrenched in the process of determining the new ward
boundaries, which are expected
to reflect a city whose population
is declining and moving steadily
westward.
A new ward map has only
begun to take shape. And council
members, who hired consultants
to manage the data and draft a
recommendatio, are relectant to
speak openly about the details of
a process that depends heavily on
Intruder shot by homeowner
Cleveland police said a
homeowner told them he shot a
burglar Friday morning after the
intruder grabbed a lamp and tried
to hit him. Police received a call
about 8:50 a.m. from the Portage
Avenue homeowner, who was
holding the suspect at gunpoint,
said Sgt. Sammy Morris, a police
spokesman. Morris said that the
homeowner told officers he shot
the burglar after he confronted him
and that the gunshot wounds were
found on the suspect’s cheek and
right arm. The suspect was taken
to MetroHealth Medical Center for treatment. Morris said the
Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s
office will review the facts before
deciding if charges should be filed.
Miller’s death ruled a homicide
Yomo Miller, 44 years
old, death on Monday was ruled
a homocide by the Cuyahoga
County Medical Examiner’s Office.Cleveland police found Miller
bleeding from his head about 2:15
a.m. on the front porch of a home
on East 118th Street.
A woman in the home
told police she heard the front window breaking and found Miller ly-
ing under it on the porch.
A man who was on the
porch with Miller told police that
he had his truck parked in the driveway when he heard three gunshots,
one of which struck his truck.
Miller was taken to MetroHealth Medical Center, where
he later died. Cleveland Police are
investigating.
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City’s homicides increase
According to statistics,
Cleveland’s homicide totals are on
the rise for a second year in a row
and once again the triple digits, with
a nearly 30 percent jump from 2010
through 2012.
As of December 31, the
Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office had recorded 100 Cleveland deaths as homicides.
Cleveland officials, who
count only killings deemed intentional, claculated a total of 97 slayings in
2012.
Statistics on city slayings
have fluncuated greatly in the past decade from a high of 134 homicides in
2007 to a low of 77 in 2010.
However, the number of
people killed is still historically lower
than in the preceding three decades.
The numbers reached beyond 300 in some years in the ‘70s,
when cleveland’s population was also
much larger.
Though murder rates nationally have dropped significantly in the
past decade, other large Midwestern
cities, including Detroit and Chicago,
also saw their homicide rates rise by
Nathan Brown listed as citys’ 1st homicide
Cleveland’s first homicide of 2013 occurred early New
Year;s Day near Luke Easter Park
on the city’s East Side.
Cleveland Sgt. Sammy
Morris said police discovered
Brown, 42 years old, on the front
porch at 10101 Hilgert Avenue at
2:48 a.m. after getting a call about
shots fired in the area. Brown died
at the scene.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the homicide unit at 216-623-5464 or
anonymously call Crime Stoppers
at 216-252-7463.
Tips can also be sent via
text message to TIP657.
City will pick up discarded Xmas trees
City of Cleveland residents can dispose of live Christmas
trees and wreathes by placing them
on tree lawns on regularly scheduled waste collection days. The
Cleveland Department of Public
Works will collect live Christmas
trees and live wreaths from tree
lawns now through Friday, February 1.
Only live trees and live
wreaths free of lights, tinsel,
wires, bows and all other ornaments will be collected from tree
lawns. Residents can dispose of
artificial wreaths and trees by
breaking them down and placing
in garbage cans for collection on
regular trash collection days.
For information regarding waste collection. call
(216)664-3711.
Gasoline prices drop in area
The current average Ohio is $3.37, down 13.3 cents
price for a gallon of regular, per gallon from a week ago.
unleaded gasoline in Northeast
AAA Fuel Gauge Gasoline Price Survey
Northeast Ohio Average for Self-Service Gasoline
This Week
Last Week
Last Year
National
(12-11-12)
(11-7-12)
(11-12-11)
(12-14-12)
Regular
$3.37
$3.40
$3.35
$3.27
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013 - Friday, January 4, 2012
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Diana Beigie awarded for making a difference
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Mastering a basic
math course can mean the
difference between succeeding in college and abandoning a dream.
Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) Eastern Campus adjunct instructor Diana Beigie has been
making a difference for TriC students since 1996 and a
state organization recently
honored her for it.
The Ohio Association for Developmental Education (OADE) presented the
Shaker Heights resident with
the award for Outstanding
Contribution to Developmental Education by a parttime or adjunct professional.
The award recognizes outstanding service to
developmental education in
higher education through efforts including innovative/
creative teaching, leadership
Beigie
and program development.
Aside from teaching
developmental math courses
Beigie teaches math basics
for the college’s adult basic
and literary education program (ABLE). She also has
helped launch several programs designed to accelerate
students’ progress from de-
velopmental math to collegelevel math, among them the
ABLE Math Developmental
Education Initiative (DEI)
and the ABLE Math BOOST
program.
Belinda M. Richardson, director of Tri-C’s ABLE
and GED programs, praised
Beigie’s efforts in both programs. Math BOOST was a
pilot program launched on
the Metropolitan Campus as
an alternative to basic math/
pre-algebra.
Students
whose
Math BOOST results met the
criteria could skip basic math
and move on to beginning
algebra. “Her contribution to
this program is invaluable,”
Richardson said.
During her 16 years
at Tri-C, Beigie has earned
kudos from her colleagues
and her students. She has won
countless awards, including
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According to the
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conducted by the American
Psychological Association,
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themselves to be in excellent
or very good health.
A similar number
of Americans say their stress
levels have increased over
the past five years (44 percent). And 36 percent report
that increased stress causes
headaches.
While men and
women experience these disorders, the majority of those
with headaches and jaw pain
are women in their childbearing years.
The ratio of women
Cleveland
Play
House (CPH) recently donated cash and tickets for
its holiday production of A
Carol for Cleveland to local charitable groups to help
families in need.
As part of its mission to serve the community
in Northeast Ohio, and to
introduce new audiences
to live theatre, more than
$10,000 worth of tickets
were distributed through
the help of The Centers for
Families and Children and
Tickets for Kids.
In addition, CPH
made a cash contribution
of $4,000 from A Carol
of Cleveland ticket sales
to WSEM Food Centers,
which are part of the family of programs within The
Centers for Families and
Children.
Through Tickets
for Kids Charities, Cleveland Play House donated
tickets to four local charities: Pressley Ridge, Lexington-Bell
Community
Center, Original Harvest
Outreach, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater
Cleveland.
Tickets for Kids
Charities receives tickets
for performing arts events
all over the country and
donates them to children
served by hundreds of nonprofit social service agencies and community groups
that chaperone children and
their families to the events.
A rising number
of young people in Ohio
are “disconnected” from
education and work.
A recent Kids
Count report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
finds more than 6 million
teens and young adults
nationwide do not have
jobs - and are not going to
the Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award (2005); Adjunct
Faculty Appreciation Award
(2009 and 2010); Certificate of Appreciation (2010);
and Students Appreciating
Teachers/Staff Award (2004)
from the Eastern Campus
Student Government.
Beigie’s enthusiasm for the developmental
education program, her students and Tri-C in general
can be summed up in her
own words: “I haven’t met
a student yet who, given the
time and attention, can’t succeed. It is humbling to witness firsthand the barriers
that students face today that
can make it more difficult for
them to succeed. It’s about
bridging the gap of when to
push them when they need it
and when to back off when
they don’t…and getting them
to jump on the bandwagon!”
Nature Center offers winter Family Fireside Nights
The Nature Center
at Shaker Lakes welcomes
winter with two fun and
affordable family fireside
nights.
On Friday, January
11, at 6:30 p.m. Mr. Paul,
the magician, and his puppet friends Rocky the Raccoon and Milton the Bird,
will take center stage for
an evening of “Puppets and
Pajamas.” Mr. Paul’s magic
show is full of surprises as
he brings his puppet friends
to life to help him with his
feats of magic. His creativity and quick wit provide
an entertaining program for
kids of all ages. “Puppets
and Pajamas” will also include games and activities
as well as refreshments, and
children are encouraged to
wear their pajamas
On Friday, February 1, at 6:30 p.m. the Nature Center presents “Starry
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Leaders call for action to address housing crisis
The National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Inc. (NAREB), recently
held a press conference to
release its 2012 Post-Recession Housing Recovery
Policy Paper that focuses on
the high rate of foreclosures,
neighborhood blight, and disparities in disaster recovery
that are currently impacting,
and will continue to impact,
minority communities across
the United States. The press
conference and a State of
Housing in Black America
(SHIBA) Solutions Forum
were held on the historic
campus of Texas Southern
University (TSU).
At the press conference, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18th District)
lauded the quality, content,
and scope of the report and
praised NAREB for its ongoing leadership in a national
movement to ensure affordable housing for all people of
color.
“NAREB’s foresight in identifying the problems, doing the necessary
research, developing realistic solutions with industry
experts across the country,
and keeping members of the
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) apprised of their
progress, is both timely and
commendable” Lee said. “I
want to congratulate you on
this effort.” Kevin Dancy,
District Director for Congressman Al Green (TX-9th
District), speaking on behalf of Rep. Green, stated
that “the Congressman, who
sits on Financial Services,
the premiere committee that
deals with housing issues, is
concerned about the housing
crisis in Black America and is
committed to doing whatever
he can in his capacity, and on
that committee, to help solve
the issues.”
Representative Lee
also presented the Houston
Black Real Estate Associa-
tion (HBREA), Houston’s
local chapter of NAREB,
with a U. S. House of Representatives Certificate of
Congressional Recognition
for its commitment and dedication to promoting equality
in housing and enhancing the
quality of life in urban neighborhoods.
The SHIBA Solutions Forum was held immediately following the press
conference and was open to
the general public, TSU students and faculty, and real
estate industry professionals
from Houston and surrounding areas.
“There are a lot of things
that have occurred in the African American community
and other communities of
color relating to the housing
crisis that many people are
not aware of,” said NAREB
President, Julius Cartwright.
“That’s why we were anxious
to share all of our research
and have a productive dialogue with the public, so that
people will understand the
ongoing impact in African
American communities and
in other ethnic minority communities, across the nation.
Thus, the Houston SHIBA
Solutions Forum highlighted
the Report of our Findings.
Our proposed ‘solutions’
focused on preservation of
homeownership, as well as
the creation of sustainable
homeownership for individuals and families trying to
achieve that dream. Not only
has an incredible amount of
wealth been lost as a result of
the mortgage crisis, but it is
not being rebuilt due to lack
of access.”
The findings and
solutions contained in the
groundbreaking and comprehensive report were developed as a result of a series of
SHIBA issues forums held
in other major U.S. cities,
which included presenta-
tions by industry experts,
and local and national political and community leaders
such as: Maurice JourdainEarl (Compliance Tech); Dr.
LaVaughn Henry (Federal
Reserve Bank of ClevelandCincinnati Branch); Keith
Corbett (Center for Responsible Lending); Dr. Benjamin
Chavis, (Hip-Hop Summit
Action Network); Rev. Dr.
Otis Moss Jr. (Retired Pastor of the Olivet Institutional
Baptist Church of Cleveland,
Ohio); Dr. Lezli Baskerville,
Esq., (National Association
for Equal Opportunity in
Higher Education); Jackie
Hoyer (Federal Reserve Bank
of Dallas-Houston Branch);
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-11th District);
Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, (DC);
and United States Senator
Sherrod Brown (OH).
According to Housing Predictor (2012), 10 million homeowners will expe-
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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Thanks to the efforts of students nationwide,
$10.7 million was raised
through Pasta for Pennies
this year, bringing the total
raised since 1994 to more
than $70 million.
In northern Ohio,
more than 109,000 students
at 211 elementary, middle
and high schools in 19 counties filled collection jars and
boxes in their classrooms
with spare change during a
three-week period during the
school year.
The top fundraising
class at each participating
school received a pasta party
from their local Olive Garden restaurant.
Spare change raised
through Pasta for Pennies
helps fund blood cancer research and provides much
needed services and support
to leukemia, lymphoma and
myeloma patients and their
families.
“We congratulate
all of the students who put
forth such an amazing effort
in support of The Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society,” said
John Caron, president of Olive Garden. “Through Pasta
for Pennies they have come
to understand that even the
smallest donation can have
a significant impact on their
local community. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is
moving closer to a cure because of their efforts.”
The top fundraising schools in northern Ohio
include: Brecksville Broadview Heights Middle School
in Brecksville with $13,764
collected; Walter G. Nord
Middle School in Amherst
with $12,107 collected; and
Hubbard Elementary School
in Hubbard with $11,801.
“Pasta for Pennies
continues to provide so many
teachable moments for these
students,” said Amy Pausche, executive director of the
LLS Northern Ohio Chapter.
“Teachers do an amazing job
incorporating Pasta for Pennies into their math and science curriculum. In addition,
kids learn about how important it is to give back to the
local community. We thank
those teachers, students, parents and Olive Garden for
Agency provides warmth with its blankets
As the cold weather
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many needy individuals and
families will be better prepared to stay warm, thanks to
blankets provided by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
(SVDP) Cleveland.
Through its annual
Blanket Sunday Drive, the
organization recently collected in excess of $40,000 in
donations from Catholic parishes across Greater Cleveland and Akron to purchase
more than 4,000 new blankets that are being distributed to 30 major non-profit
social service organizations
in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake,
Lorain and Summit counties.
Now in its 26th
year, SVDP Cleveland’s
Blanket Sunday Drive has
become a significant resource
for supplying low-income individuals and families with
seasonal items - such as blankets and winter hats, gloves,
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St. Vincent de Paul
Conferences are located in
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the Catholic churches in the
Diocese of Cleveland.
SVDP’s central office is located at 1404 East
Ninth Street, Cleveland.
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Islam In The Community
The way of Prophet Muhammad (saw): A moderate movement by design
By MIKA’IL STEWART SAADIQ
EDITOR’S NOTE:
Mika’il Stewart Saadiq is the
Imam of Masjid Al Aqabah in
Detroit, Michigan.
For years now I have
heard the word “extreme” become extremely popular. In
the mid to late 90’s, the word
extreme was used as a prefix
to excite young risk takers and
to promote everything from
candy to sporting events. Post
911, the suffix “ist” - someone
who is proficient or a skilled
practitioner at a particular task
- was peppered all throughout
the media and became the new
catch phrase to describe terrorist
activity. Now-a-days, the word
extremist almost always follows
the title of Islam. The word is
slowly transforming to mean any
Muslim who professes to liv in
accordance with the Qur’an and
the way of the Prophet Muhammad (saw). (“saw” means Sallaa
Allahu alsihi Wasalam, or honorable salute of peace be on him.)
Consequently, this “extreme”
reaction of xenophobia is making
many Muslims run to an extreme
of their own - self-denial of religious expression.
As a perfectly under-
standable defense mechanism,
many Muslims in the west (being
the minority) feel it necassary to
promote the so-called “Moderate Islam.” Most Muslims in
our country are immigrants who
have come to this country to lead
productive lives as opportunityseekers and contributors.
The last thing they
would want is for their neighbors
to fear them and/or persecute
them (something that many of
them witnessed first-hand in
their countries of origin). And
as for the percentage of Muslim
converts, many born and raised in
the U.S., they have chosen Islam
as a way of life as an aid to be
better people and even to assist
in solving societal problems.
In order for us to have
a fairly sober, or moderate, perspective on this issue we must
look at it from a wide view. Life
is literally a continuum. On a continuum there are extremes at both
ends. According to the Prophet
Muhammad (saw) extremism is
not healthy. He said, “Beware of
extremism.” He also encouraged
his followers to be moderate and
balanced in their practice of Islam
giving every person, place, or
thing its due rights.
To recreate a brand
new Islam called “moderate”
is insinuating that the way of
Prophet Muhammad (saw) was
at one extreme in The Continuum
of Life. And this could not be
further from the truth.
“And thus we have
made you a just community that
you will be witnesses over the
people and the Messaenger will
be a witness over you...” 2:143
To better understand
moderation in religious vs. worldly life, Muslims and God-conscious non-Muslims alike need
to examine the life of Prophet
Muhammad (saw).
My reasoning for saying Godconscious is because that’s what
Islam is - a movement in the
God-consciousness of mankind.
The goal of the Qur’an is to further guide those God-seekers to a
straight way of life and to spark
contemplation in those who might
be unconscious or unaware.
A lot of the time you
see views and opinions of people
with very little knowledge or
understanding of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) being broadcasted
(Muslims and non-Muslims)
because of their over-the-top
comments and ability to entertain
the masses.
The product of such
A Look At My World
Lets do it all over again
Dr. James L. Snyder
The fact we actually
survived another year is a tribute to somebody’s tenacity; I am
not sure whose. I know the only
thing that got me through the
year was the Gracious Mistress
of the Parsonage and boy is she
graciously tenacious. I was sure
everything would collapse and
of course, several times I collapsed in my easy chair.
It is a New Year, or so
they tell us but I have my suspicions. After this latest episode
with the Mayan’s calendar, I am
not too sure what date it is or
what year it is, for that matter.
They certainly got everything
wrong and I have my suspicions
about the rest of it.
How do we really
know that January 1 is actually
January 1? Moreover, how do
we know what year it is exactly?
I think somewhere
along the line somebody has
pulled a scam on civilization and
has messed up our calendars. If
the Mayans got it wrong, maybe
we have it wrong also.
Whatever day and
whatever year it is I am going to
celebrate the New Year. If I am
wrong, I have a lot of company.
When we celebrate
the New Year, there is nothing
new about it. Everything we did
last year we are going to be doing this year only we will be one
year older. Perhaps as we get
older we forget about what we
have done and think we are doing something new. Hooray for
senility!
I really do not care
about that; my philosophy is,
let’s do it all over again. If it is
worth doing the first time, it is
worth doing again.
This brings me to
a great point, which is, some
things are worth repeating while
other things are not. It is trying
to find out the difference between these two that makes life
challenging. I do not mind repeating things if I am in charge
of what I am repeating.
I think we all should
choose what we are going to repeat. For example, I wish I could
choose a year to repeat.
If I could repeat any
year, it would be 1971. That
year represents the greatest con
in the history of mankind. I am
not sure anything like it has ever
happened before or since. That
was the year I married a young
lady who turned out to be the
Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage.
What bothers me
about this is why did she really
marry me? Was it my charm and
good looks or did she think I
was rich? There have been times
I have wanted to query her on
this very subject but then, I am
always afraid she will tell me
the truth. I do not mind the truth
of it does not involve anything
personally. I just will settle with
the fact that that was the year I
conned her into marrying me.
We have been a great
team ever since. She has kept
me straight and I have given her
opportunities to exercise that career, which she has become quite
proficient.
One of the great things
resulting from this marriage is
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the fact that she has been faithful to point out my mistakes.
Through her help, I discovered I
have quite a few mistakes.
I begin every year
with a clean slate. I am able
to celebrate January 1 with no
mistakes whatsoever but then
the next day my wife begins the
ominous task of pointing out my
mistakes. This is a joint effort,
which leaves me out of joint often.
I have a little theory
along this line. I think that if it is
a mistake you have made before
it should not count anymore. I
think the only thing that should
be legitimate to point out are
new mistakes. I find myself so
busy practicing my old mistakes
that I rarely get around to making new mistakes.
All these years I have
reveled in my old mistakes. Trying to find something new is
a great strain on my little grey
cells. At this point in my life,
they are exhausted and are encouraging me to rely upon those
old mistakes and give them a
well-deserved rest.
At my stage in life I
think new is overrated and, if experience is anything, something
new is always taxing and in
more ways than one. Do not let
the government find out that you
have something new or Uncle
Sam will come knocking at your
door with a gentle request for tax
money.
There is an old saying that says insanity is doing
the same things over and over
expecting different results. Well,
that does not describe me. I do
not want different results. I like
the results I have. I like doing the
same thing over again because I
know what to expect. And if ignorance in this area is bliss, I am
the most blissful person on the
planet.
My challenge this year
is to surprise my wife with some
unexpected new mistakes. Just
one!
To get on the right
track for the New Year, I start
with the Bible. “Therefore if any
man be in Christ , he is a new
creature; old things are passed
away: behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17
KJV ).
Instead of celebrating
the New Year, I plan to celebrate
that “new creature” in Christ .
No mistake about it.
Dr. James L. Snyder is
pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, PO Box 831313 , Ocala
, FL 34483 . He lives with his
wife, Martha , in Silver Springs
Shores . Call him at 1-866-5522543 or e-mail jamessnyder2@
att.net. His web site is www.
jamessnyderministries.com
individuals usually results in the
misrepresenting or defaming of
Islam. Two prime examples of
each extreme would be the mythical “super-jihad” terrorist Osama
Bin Laden and Miss “Muslim”
America, Rima Fihki. Neither
one of them are Islamic scholars,
judges, or Imams but have been
tapped for their “wealth” of Islamic jurisprudence?
Neither one of their exploits are examples of the way of
Muhammad (saw). The propagation of political views and cultural
traditions, in conjunction with the
excuses of those infatuated with
everything of White-American
Normalcy, have upstaged the
call to Allah while xenophobia
and straight bigotry are trying to
extinguish His Magnificent Light.
All throughout history
we have seen the pure teachings
of every prophet, philosopher,
or guru become misinterpreted.
Those at both extremes use the
profoundness of their predecessors to justify their own lack of
adherence and hypocrisy of their
absoluteness and fanaticism.
The terms secular and
orthodox have been introduced
as prefixes to ease the conscious
of those who fail to adhere to
their self-proclaimed religious
tenets. Also, these terms have
allowed two cancers to develop
that have plagued God-conscious
communities since ancient times
- sectarianism and elitism.
“So direct your face
toward the religion, inclining to
truth. The fitrah (natural way) of
Allah upon which He has created
people. No change should there
be in the creation of Allah. That
is the correct religion, but most of
the people do not know. [Adhre to
it], turning in repentance to Him,
and fear Him and establish prayer
and do not be of those who associate others with Allah. Of those
who split up their religion, and
became sects, each sect rejoicing
in that which is with it.” 30:30-32
In an effort to be
normal, people will follow the
crowd, or keep the option open
for them to follow, by adopting
a group/religious brand that is
known for recognizing but not
promoting adherence to Godconsciousness.
This is how we find
Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Christians, and even Muslims openly
practicing some of the exact
same immoral habits that their
founders or prophets (as) came
to purge the world of.
We must stop trying to
use the flaws of human habit as
interpretation of religious doctrine. Hence, this brings use back
to Islam.
After a seven-year
hiatus, the Cleveland Museum
of Art’s late medieval, Renaissance and Islamic collections
have returned to public view.
The artwork is showcased in
the recently renovated galleries
of the first level of the museum’s original 1916 Beaux-Arts
building, designed by Hubbell
and Benes.
Within each historical area, objects are organized
thematically and incorporate
a variety of media. The installations are presented in integrated displays that foster an
understanding of the social
and historical contexts within
which these works of art were
produced.
“These new galleries complete the renovation of
our original 1916 building, a
significant accomplishment for
the project,” said David Franklin, Sarah S. and Alexander M.
Cutler director of the Cleveland
Museum of Art. “We are very
excited to share these galleries
with our visitors, and give them
a chance to see newly acquired
objects surrounded by old favorites from these magnificent
collections.”
The galleries and
installations were designed
to feature the artistic achievements of the collections and, at
the same time, integrate these
objects as part of the greater
museum experience. For example, as the visitor walks
through the ancient Near East
gallery, a direct sightline into
the Islamic gallery is visible,
connecting the spaces by cultural and historical arcs. Byzantine and early western medieval art, which was already on
view, flow seamlessly into the
new galleries displaying late
medieval art from France and
Italy.
The museum’s holdings of medieval art are among
the finest in this country, and
these galleries now connect
with earlier galleries that bring
the whole collection back to
public view. The strength of
the late medieval holdings lies
in object groups and works of
major historical and artistic
significance such as the group
of mourners from the tomb of
Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1342-1404), which returns to view in the High Gothic gallery. Other highlights
include the exquisite illuminated manuscript, Hours of Queen
Isabella the Catholic, Queen
of Spain (1495-1500), and the
only known complete French
Table Fountain (c.1300-1350).
A number of important objects were recently accessioned
into the collection and are on
view for the first time, including an extremely rare wood
sculpture from Auvergne, Virgin and Child in Majesty, (c.
1150-1200) and Gil de Siloé’s
Enthroned Virgin and Child
(c. 1480s), which is one of
only four works by this Spanish artist in U.S. This sculpture
carved from alabaster complements and is displayed next to
the Hours of Queen Isabella.
The Renaissance gal-
leries highlight major works
from Italy and Germany along
with small-scale Renaissance
bronzes and sculpture. The
Renaissance painting collection includes Florentine master
Filippino Lippi’s, The Holy
Family with John the Baptist
and St. Margaret,( c. 1495), a
work which exhibits several
hallmarks of Italian Renaissance canon, including linear
perspective and expressive gesture. Lorenzo Lotto, a contemporary of Titian is represented
with Portrait of a Man (15331534) and Agnolo Bronzino,
the official painter for the court
of Cosimo I de’Medici, the
Duke of Florence has Portrait
of a Woman (c. 1550) included
in the re-installation.
Major acquisitions
have been made for these collections in recent years. For
example, a rock crystal intaglio from the early 1500s entitled Mars, Minerva, Venus,
and Cupid by Valerio Belli, a
celebrated designer of smallscale sculpture in precious materials in the early Renaissance
was accessioned as well as a
commanding marble relief by
Mino da Fiesole, a great Italian
sculptor titled Julius Caesar (c.
1455-1460).
Most recently accessioned is a gem carving of Philip II, King of Spain by Alessandro Cesati. Gem carving
was one of the most important
and characteristic artistic forms
of the Renaissance period and
Cesati’s object exemplifies the
highest level of mastery.
Incorporated within
the displays of Renaissance
painting and sculpture are the
finest examples of decorative
arts from Renaissance Europe,
adding rich context for visitors’
understanding of the broad
range of artwork created during this time.
A display of German
Green Glass tumblers and goblets from the 15th -17th centuries and a grouping of leadglazed earthenware by French
ceramicist Bernard Palissy and
workshop are a focal point in
the 16th century German and
French painting and decorative
arts gallery.
This space leads
into a gallery that features the
museum’s three Chateau de
Chaumont tapestries, outstanding works admired for their
specific range of unusually
well-preserved bright colors.
The tapestries hung in the Chateau de Chaumont in the Loire
Valley and the themes were
thought to be derived from a
series of poems by the popular 14th-century Italian poet
Petrarch that contemplated the
impermanence of everything
except eternity.
The Islamic collection includes works from
10 countries and spans 1300
years, ranging from antiquity
to modern day. Returning to
view are visitor favorites like
a complete Prayer Niche (Mihrab) and Inscription Frieze, an
interior focal point of a mosque
oriented toward Mecca, and
The Wade Cup (c. 1200-1225),
the best known object in the
museum’s Islamic collection,
named after Jeptha H. Wade II,
who bequeathed funds for its
purchase and donated property
for the museum site. The Wade
Cup is from Iran and is richly
decorated with interlacing
bands containing tiny figures of
humans and animals representing the 12 signs of the zodiac.
The Islamic art gallery also includes newly acquired contemporary work
such as the shadow installation,
His Lantern (2006) by Afruz
Amighi, which depicts the
format of a traditional Iranian
prayer rug with an allover foliate pattern and a photograph,
Harem #14 (2008) that explores the role of women in the
contemporary Islamic world by
Moroccan artist Lalla Essaydi.
Beginning in January 2013, multimedia interpre-
tive content for these galleries
and others will be available via
ArtLens, a new iPad application designed by the Cleveland
Museum of Art, Local Projects,
and Earprint Productions.
The ArtLens iPad
app will allow visitors to personalize their experience at the
museum by delving into layers
of interpretative content on a
variety of works in the collection.
The ArtLens app is
an aspect of Gallery One, a
unique, interactive gallery that
blends art, interpretation and
technology, opening to the public January 21.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is open Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday, Sunday
from10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and
Wednesday, Friday from 10:00
a.m.–9:00 p.m. The museum is
closed Mondays.
If anyone were to
objectively study Islam they
would see a perfected design that
trascends time, continent, and
ethnicity.
And when I say, “objectively study Islam,” I mean to
study and analyze the glorious
qur’an and the way the Prophet
Muhammad (saw) lived as model
human before his receiving revelation and then being the vessel
of the Qur’an afterward.
Study how he conducted himself as a man of three
eras. He lived one-third of his life
as a well-respected citizen and
contributor among his people.
Second, as a revolutionary thinker
and conscientious objector to immorality and inequality.
And last, as a statesman
and the proven, undeniable Messenger of God (saw).
Museum collections return to view
In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful
"ISLAM IN THE COMMUNITY"
For questions or more information on ISLAM contact:
UZAIR ABDUR-RAZZAAQ
(216) 721-1146
e-mail: [email protected]
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Legal Court Interpretation
Apollo 8 saved the troubling year of 1968
By PAUL E. PFEIFER
By almost any measure 1968 was a troubling
year in American history. It
began with North Korea seizing the USS Pueblo in January, claiming the ship had
violated its territorial waters.
The crew was held as spies,
and some were tortured. The
standoff ended in December
when the men were released,
but the ship was never returned.
In April, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and
killed on the balcony of his
Memphis hotel. Two months
later, Robert F. Kennedy was
assassinated after winning
the California Democrat primary during his bid to become president.
In Vietnam, more
American soldiers were
killed during 1968 than any
other year of that long war.
Anti-war protests reached
their peak on college campuses across the nation, and
civil rights demonstrations
— often violent, sometimes
deadly — erupted in cities
from coast to coast. In some
cities, federal troops were
mobilized to quell the riots.
Closer to home,
Cleveland was rocked by
the Glenville Shootout, a
race riot in July that left
more than a dozen people
wounded, and seven people
dead, including three police
officers. But then, in late December, something happened
that would have been impossible just months before.
That turbulent, destructive
year reached an unlikely conclusion when three men —
Bill Anders, Jim Lovell and
Frank Borman — climbed
aboard a rocket and took off
for the moon.
Apollo 8, the latest
effort in America’s quest to
beat the Soviets in the space
race, was originally intended
only to orbit Earth for further
tests on the rocket’s components.
But with the Soviets inching ahead in the race,
NASA decided to take a risk:
the new goal was to prove
that we could get to the moon
and back. When the Soviets
learned of the mission, they
considered it an adventure
with no chance of success.
Less than a year
later, Wapakoneta’s own Neil
Armstrong would gain everlasting fame as the first person
to step onto the moon. While
Armstrong and his Apollo 11
crewmates — Buzz Aldrin
and Michael Collins — are
rightly remembered for their
historic mission, it was Apollo 8 that really set an impressive string of “firsts.”
Launching on Dec.
21, the ship rocketed into
space and then, after getting
the go-ahead from Mission
Control, set a course for the
moon, thus making Borman,
Lovell and Anders the first
humans to leave Earth orbit.
Each moment they
sped toward the moon they
set a new record — no one
had ever traveled so far, or so
fast. The crew reached their
destination three days after
takeoff, and in due course became the first humans to orbit the moon. Which, in turn,
made them the first people
to gaze upon the far side of
the moon. Apollo 8 was also
equipped with television
cameras, and on Dec. 24 —
during the evening hours in
the United States — the crew
of Apollo 8 appeared on television from lunar orbit. The
Christmas Eve broadcast was
the most watched television
program of all time at that
point. An estimated one billion people watched — a
quarter of the world’s population in 1968.
The crew was
aware of the historic nature
of their broadcast, and they
had searched for a theme for
their mission, something to
match the significance of this
achievement that had elevated all of humankind. And so,
with the world watching, the
crew of Apollo 8 read the
first ten verses of the Book of
Genesis, from the Old Testament.
Bill Anders began:
“We are now approaching
lunar sunrise and, for all the
people back on Earth, the
crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to
send to you. ‘In the beginning God created the heavens
and the earth…’”
After Jim Lovell
read the middle verses, Borman finished with, “And God
called the dry land earth; and
the gathering together of the
waters He called seas; and
God saw that it was good.”
It’s safe to say that
never before had anyone
spent Christmas so far from
home as the men on Apollo
8. As Borman closed their
unforgettable broadcast his
words reflected that distance,
a trace of homesickness in
his voice: “And from the
crew of Apollo 8, we close
with good night, good luck, a
Merry Christmas — and God
bless all of you, all of you on
the good Earth.”
Of course, not everyone shared the joy. Madalyn Murray O’Hair — the
vocal atheist — responded to
the Genesis reading by suing
the government, alleging vi-
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You And The Law
What you should know about receiving veteran benefits
Q: I’m a veteran.
What kinds of benefits might
I be qualified to receive?
A: You may be eligible for two kinds of monetary
benefits: pension benefits and
service-related benefits.
Q: How do servicerelated compensation and
pension differ?
A: You may receive
service-related compensation
for an injury or disability related to your military service
or for a previous disability
that was aggravated during
service or during an applicable “presumptive period.” A
presumptive period is a period
after military service during
which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will presume that specific disabilities
originated or were aggravated
during military service. For
example, the VA will presume
that arthritis that initially appeared during the first year
after service is related to service if it is at least 10 percent
disabling. The injury need not
be combat-related, but it must
be linked to an event, symptom or diagnosis that first occurred during service or (for
presumptive conditions) during the relevant presumptive
period.
For example, treatment for skin cancer caused
by an earlier, service-related
sunburn might be compensated. Illnesses such as diabetes,
Parkinson’s disease and certain heart diseases might be
covered if you are a Vietnam
veteran and were exposed to
Agent Orange. There is no
age or income requirement to
qualify for this sort of compensation.
To receive a pension
benefit, you must be 65 years
old or older, or you must be
totally and permanently disabled. Also, you must have
served one day during a period of war, and 90 days of
continuous service, unless
you were injured and required
to leave the service.
Q: What is a “period
of war” for purposes of qualifying for pension?
A: Congress has
port can be catastrophic for
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a consumer, shutting him or
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olations of the First Amendment. The Supreme Court
eventually dismissed the
suit, but it was an ugly footnote to a beautiful moment.
There was another
important first that came
out of this mission — perhaps the most memorable
one of all. Emerging from
the dark side of the moon on
their lunar orbit, the crew of
Apollo 8 was greeted with
a sight no human had ever
witnessed: the Earth rising
over the moon’s horizon.
Anders snapped a picture
— later called “Earthrise”
— that became one of the
most famous photographs of
all time: Earth as it appears
from outer space.
Many of the events
of 1968 put on graphic display the very worst of human
behavior — war, violence,
hatred, murder and senseless destruction. But then
that desolate year gave us
an unexpected gift: for the
first time we saw our beautiful planet, floating alone
in the darkness of space, at
once magnificent and fragile,
and we sensed — if only for
a brief moment — that our
differences mattered little,
and we saw all of humanity,
alone together.
After the mission,
Borman received an anonymous telegram that simply
said, “Thank you Apollo 8.
You saved 1968.” Like the
spirit of Hope that fluttered
out of Pandora’s Box after
all the pestilence and evil
had been unleashed on the
world, Apollo 8 lifted off
Earth and flew into the heavens to give us a look back at
ourselves, and we saw what
noble things humankind was
capable of when our better
angels prevail.
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Error on your credit report? Here’s Help
By JASON ALDERMAN
If you’ve ever tried
to remove inaccurate of
fraudulent information from
your credit report and gotten the runaround, take heart:
The Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau is now on
the case.
In July of 2012, the
watchdog agency, formed as
a result of the Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act of
2010, gained authority to supervise all of the major consumer reporting agencies.
The CFPB now advocates for consumers who
have complaints regarding
interactions with credit bureaus and identity theft protection services. This adds to
the agency’s consumer grievance oversight which already
included mortgages, bank accounts, consumer loans and
private student loans.
“Credit reporting
companies exert great influence over the lives of consumers,” said CFPB Director
Richard Cordray in announcing his agency’s new responsibility. “They help determine eligibility for loans,
housing, and sometimes jobs.
Consumers need an avenue
of recourse when they feel
they have been wronged.”
You can seek assistance from the CFPB if you
have issues with: Incorrect
information on your credit
report; how a consumer reporting agency is handling
its investigation of your complaint; the improper use of a
credit report; being unable to
get a copy of a credit score or
file; and problems with credit
monitoring or identity-protection services.
Here’s how the new
system works:
If you believe your
credit report contains incorrect or fraudulent information, you should first file a
dispute with and get a response directly from that
credit reporting company before contacting the CFPB.
The same goes if
you have an issue with how
the company is handling its
investigation of your grievance – for example, if they
don’t respond in writing
within 30 days.
If, after filing your
grievance, you are dissatisfied with the resolution, you
may file a complaint with the
CFPB using any of the following methods: File online
at www.cfpb.gov/complaint;
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Once your complaint has been logged,
you’ll be given a tracking
number to check its status.
Each complaint will be processed individually and sent
to the credit bureau in question for response.
The CFPB expects
companies to respond within
15 days with information
about the steps they have
taken or plan to take. You’ll
have the option to dispute the
company’s response to your
complaint.
Credit
reporting
companies issue more than
3 billion consumer credit
reports a year and maintain
files on more than 200 million Americans. Among
other things, they track the
number and types of credit accounts you use, how
long they’ve been open and
whether you’ve paid your
bills on time.
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the 1940s, including World
War II (Dec. 7, 1941 to Dec.
31, 1946); the Korean Conflict (June 27, 1950 to Jan.
31, 1955); the Vietnam Era
(Aug. 5, 1964 through May
7, 1975); the Persian Gulf
War, and subsequent conflicts up to and including the
present-day conflict in Afghanistan.
Q: Might my family members qualify for any
benefits because I am a veteran?
A: Yes. If, for example, you die leaving family members behind you,
your veteran benefits may
go to any of your dependents
(including your spouse and
dependent children, as well
as your parents, if they are
dependent on you).
Q: Might I receive
other benefits aside from
pension and service-related
compensation?
A: Yes. You can receive “Aid and attendance”
(A&A) in addition to a pension if you can no longer do
two or more of certain basic
daily tasks, such as feeding,
washing or dressing yourself. A&A is also available
for any qualified veteran who
is receiving service-connected benefits. It may also be
available for the spouse of
a veteran who has the same
needs, even if the veteran is
not receiving A & A.
Q: If I apply for veteran benefits, how soon will
my claim to be decided?
A: Since veterans’
situations are unique, claims
will take varying amounts
of time—anywhere from a
few months for pension to a
year or even several years for
(service-connected) compensation. Usually, more complex cases will take longer to
be decided.
Q: What happens if
my claim for benefits is denied?
A: You can appeal
your claim through a Notice
of Disagreement (NOD).
You must file your appeal
within one year after your
claim was denied or partially
denied.
Q: Who can appeal?
A: You can write
the appeal yourself or you can
go through an accredited Veterans Affairs (VA) agent or
certain other agents who are
accredited. Accredited agents
may be attorneys or members
of service agencies such as
Disabled American Veterans.
Generally only attorneys can
represent veterans on appeals
to the Court of Appeals of
Veterans Claims.
Q: How much will it
cost me to file an appeal?
A: There is no outof-pocket cost, and no one
is allowed to charge a fee
for helping a veteran apply
for an appeal, although a fee
can be charged for explaining
the law in detail. The person
you choose to represent you
may charge a contingent fee,
which may be paid directly
by the VA, once your Notice
of Disagreement has been
filed and you have agreed to
the fee in writing. There may
be additional costs, as well.
If you lose the appeal and receive no benefits, your representative will not charge you.
If you win your appeal and
receive benefits, the VA will
pay the representative’s fee
directly, unless you and your
agent agree that you will pay
the fee directly.
Q: Who should I
contact to get help in appealing my application for VA
benefits?
A: Visit any VAaccredited attorney or agent
near you for help in appealing a VA benefit denial. The
VA maintains separate lists of
attorney representatives and
non-attorney VA accredited
agents. Also, the VA maintains a service center in each
county to respond to veterans’
questions. For more information, visit the VA website at
http://www.va.gov.
This “Law You Can
Use” column was provided
by the Ohio State Bar Association. It was prepared by
Akron attorney Betty Groner.
Articles appearing in this column are intended to provide
broad, general information
about the law.
Before applying this
information to a specific legal
problem, readers are urged to
seek advice from an attorney.
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Dogs online
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fraud each year, so local consumer advocates advise a bit
of caution.
Sue McConnell, senior vice president with the
Better Business Bureau serving Greater Cleveland, says
there are plenty of worthy
charities that deserve help,
but there are also con artitsts
who use ploys such as soundalike names to trick you into
parting with your money.
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we’re all in a generous frame
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Crew re-signs Danny O’rourke for 2013
The Columbus Crew recently announced that the club has
re-signed Danny O’Rourke for the 2013 season. Per Major League Soccer and club policy, details of the agreement were not disclosed. With
eight years of MLS experience playing defensive midfield and along the
backline, O’Rourke’s return brings versatility and leadership to the Crew
ahead of next season. O’Rourke appeared in 21 games for the Crew in
2012 following an injury-plagued 2011 season that limited him to just
six matches. 2013 will be O’Rourke’s seventh season with the Crew. The
Columbus native played an integral part in the Crew’s back-to-back Supporters’ Shield victories in 2008 and 2009, and the club’s MLS Cup win in
2008. O’Rourke joined the Crew in a trade with Toronto FC that brought
William Hesmer and O’Rourke to Columbus in exchange for partial allocation following the 2006 MLS Expansion Draft.
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Amatuer boxing returns to Slovenian National Home, 6417 St. Clair Avenue on Saturday,
January 19, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. For tickets, call
Bill Godhard at 440-785-4900.
Boxing contender Johnny Lira dies at 61
The city of Chicago has produced its share of outstanding professional
fighters. One of them was a tough as nails lightweight who campaigned in the late
1970′s and early 1980′s. He was Johnny Lira and he fought his way into the top
echelon of the lightweight rankings.Lira died Saturday at the age of 61. Lira turned
pro in 1976 and quickly gained notice by winning his first 12 fights. In 1977, he
drew with Manuel Lopez but defeated Lopez in a return bout. Lira hit the big time
in 1978 when he received a shot at the United States Boxing Association lightweight
title. His opponent was the highly ranked southpaw bomber Andy Ganigan. Lira
was a decided underdog going in but he shocked the boxing establishment by stopping Ganigan in round six. Lira then went to New York’s Madison Square Garden
to outscore the talented Larry Stanton. Lira was now high in the ratings and in 1979
he received a shot at the World Boxing Association’s version of the lightweight title.
Their champion was a hard-hitting bomber from Venezuela named Ernesto Espana.
It was a gruelling fight but Espana emerged victorious stopping Lira in nine rounds.
Lira would suffer a broken jaw for his gallant effort.
Cavs win two games in a row against Bucks and Wizards
The Cavs recovered from a 3rd quarter to
forget at home against Indiana to take two-in-a-row on
the road.
They had to do it
without Anderson Varejao,
who leads the NBA in rebounding. As of this writing, the Cavs have won
three games at Quicken
Loans Arena and four on the
road.
In the loss at home to
Indiana,Roy Hibert, who
scored 18 points, led six
Pacers who hit in double
figures. The Cavs played
the Pacers pretty even in
quarters 1, 2, and 4, but that
3rd quarter was the turning
point. Gerald Green had
four steals which led to easy
buckets as Cleveland was
outscored by 11 points.
Kyrie Irving had
17 points on just 5 of 16
shooting, while committing six turnovers. Tristan
Thompson, who had nine
rebounds and 12 points on 5
of 9 shooting,said, “We let
them jump out on us right
after halftime. Otherwise,
we played them pretty well.
We’ll see what went wrong
and correct our mistakes, so
that we can bring home a
Varejo
win next time.”
Fortunately, the Cavs
seemed to learn from their
mistakes as they took the
next two, with a three day
Irving
respite for the Christmas
Holiday falling in-between.
The day after the
loss to the Pacers, the Cavs
beat the Bucks in Milwau-
kee, 94-82.
Thompson scored
14 points and pulled down
14 rebounds. Dion Waiters
scored 18 points. Monta Ellis scored 37 points to lead
Milwaukee.
The day after Christmas,
the Cavs traveled to Washington and won their second
straight game, 87-84.
Although the Wizards are not a good team
- winning only three times
all year - it was still the first
time the Cavs had won twogames-in-a-row all year.
Irving led the Cavs
with 26 points, although he
was a woeful 1 of 10 from
the field in the 2nd half.
Thompson again
By KARL BRYANT
caller posted a QB rating of
only 58.
Bengals QB Andy
Dalton completed 24 of 41
for 278 yards with two interceptions. Roethlisberger
was 14 of 28 for 220 yards
and also two INTs, but his
were more costly.
One was a Pick Six
in the 1st quarter as Leon
Hall returned it 17 yards to
put the Bengals up, 7-0. The
second, with18 seconds left
to play, broke the Steelers’
back.
Following an exchange of missed 50+ yard
FGs (Each team would
have loved to have had the
Browns Phil Dawson here.),
the Steelers received a Bengals punt at their own 11
with 44 seconds remain-
ing. Instead of opting for
overtime, they chose to try
to move the ball. After getting one 1st down, Big Ben
overthrew a pass which
was intercepted by Reggie
Nelson and returned to the
Steelers 46.
Dalton hit A.J.
Green, who had 10 catches
for 116 yards, with a pass
for 21 yards that put the ball
at the 25 with eight ticks left
on the clock.
PK Josh Brown,
who’d earlier hit a 41 YD
FG, got the chance to be
a hero with regular kicker
Mike Nugent, from Ohio
State, out with an injury.
He booted it from 43 yards
to send the Bengals to the
playoffs.
“We learned from
had a good outing, scoring
15 points - including the
three-point play that won
the game - and adding 12
rebounds.
Emeka
Okafor
and Jordan Crawford each
scored 17 points to lead
Washington.
The Wizards made
the ball disappear out of
their own hands 20 times,
compared to 10 turnovers
by the Cavs.
Things will get a little
tougher on Friday when the
Cavs return Home to host
the tough Atlanta Hawks.
It’s hoped that Varejao will be ready to return
to the team by then.
being there (in the playoffs)
last year. That helped us to
be prepared and win close
games like this.” Green said
In the other locker
room, Roethlisberger bit the
bullet, blaming himself, but
a distraught RB Isaac Redman said, “Our offense just
hasn’t been there this year.
We had too many injuries
and when we did get people
back, we just couldn’t overcome our mistakes.”
In the season finale, the Steelers will host
the Browns, who beat them
in Cleveland by six points,
when they were recipients
of eight Pittsburgh turnovers.
Pride and next
year’s jobs are on the line
for each team.
Bengals eliminate Steelers and makes playoffs
The Steelers’ defense, here swarming BenJarvus GreenEllis- held to a microscopic 14 yards on 15 carries in the Bengals
13-10 squeaker win - is a formidable force the Browns must overcome.( ESDN Photo by Frank Hyatt)
Boxing Hall of Fame to honor inductees
The
International
Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced today the
newest class of inductees to
enter the Hall. Modern category inductees include two-division champion Arturo “Thunder” Gatti (posthumous),
five-time world champion
Virgil “Quicksilver” Hill, twotime light flyweight champion
Myung-Woo Yuh, “Let’s Get It
On” referee Mills Lane, ring
announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr.,
and journalist Colin Hart.
“We’re
extremely
excited about the Class of
2013 and very much looking
forward to honoring the 24th
class of inductees,” said Executive Director Edward Brophy.
The 24th Annual Hall
of Fame Weekend is scheduled
for June 6-9th in Canastota,
NY, with more than 20 events,
including a golf tournament,
banquet, parade and autograph
card show. An impressive celebrity lineup of boxing greats
of yesterday and today will
attend this year’s Induction
Weekend. The highlight of
the weekend will be the Official Enshrinement Ceremony
on the Hall of Fame Museum
Grounds in Canastota, New
York on Sunday, June 9th to
welcome the newest members.
The Class of 2013
also includes lightweight Wesley Ramey and middleweight
Jeff Smith in the Old-Timer
Category (posthumous); manager Arturo “Cuyo” Hernandez
in the Non Participant Category (posthumous); cartoonist
Ted Carroll in the Observer
Category (posthumous); and
Joe Coburn in the Pioneer Category (posthumous). Inductees
were voted in by members of
the Boxing Writers Association and a panel of international boxing historians.
For more information on the events planned for
the 2013 International Boxing
Hall of Fame Weekend, call
(315) 697-7095, visit online at
www.ibhof.com, on Facebook
at www.facebook.com/InternationalBoxingHallofFame
and on Twitter at www.twitter.
com/BoxingHall.
The Bengals made the
NFL Playoffs for the second year in a row after they
eliminated the Steelers in
Pittsburgh , 13-10, in a hardfought defensive struggle. It
was the first time they beat
Pittsburgh since 2009.
It was the Steelers’ fifth lost in six games,
the last three coming with
Ben Roethisberger back at
the controls after returning
from injury.
Each team’s “D”
was the key here. The Steelers No.1-ranked defense
strangled Bengal runners
– holding them to14 yards.
Pittsburgh rushers had a bit
more success – picking up
95 yards. Each team’s signal
Boxing Nostalgia
By JIM AMATO
‘Bad’ Bennie Briscoe deserved to be a champion
There are certain
boxers from my past that in
retrospect would be champions today. One such boxer
was tough enough to be nicknamed “ Bad “. He was Bennie Briscoe from Philadelphia
and brother you better bet he
was just that, “ Bad “. He
was probably the most feared
middleweight of his era and
it was a tough time just be
a middleweight in Philly. If
you were bad there, you were
bad everywhere.
Briscoe turned pro
in 1962 and would win his
first 15 contests. Among his
victims were Charley Scott
and Percy Manning. In a return with Manning in 1965,
Bennie would suffer his first
setback. That year he would
also lose to Tito Marshall and
Stanley “ Kitten “ Hayward.
In 1966 Bennie would halt
the highly respected George
Benton.
Bennie was now
among the middleweight
elite. The year 1967 would
see him lose two decisions
to the great Luis Rodriguez.
Sandwiched in between those
losses was a draw in Argentina with a fella named Carlos
Monzon. In 1968 he would
lose to future light heavyweight titleholder Vincente
Rondon. He would knock out
Rondon in a 1969 rematch.
Briscoe
In 1970 Briscoe
Bennie began to make his
march to a shot at the world’s
middleweight title. He won
11 straight fights until he
was upset by Luis Vinales in
1972. He would stop Vinales
in a return match. Finally in
November he would meet the
reigning middleweight champion of the world, Carlos
Monzon. Again they would
be fighting in Argentina. This
time Carlos clearly deserved
the decision the retained his
title but he was rocked to his
heels by Bennie in the ninth
round of that fight. Monzon
would always have a great
respect for Briscoe.
Briscoe would regroup in 1973. He destroyed
Art Hernandez in three
rounds. He also stopped Billy “ Dynamite “ Douglas of
Columbus, Ohio. Billy’s son
Buster would shock the world
in 1990 when he took apart
Mike Tyson. Brisco closed
the year by losing a decision
to Rodrigo Valdez. These two
would create some history together.
Briscoe put himself
right back into the thick of the
title picture in 1974 when he
took out the streaking Tony
Mundine of Australia. Later
he would again meet Valdez
for the WBC version of the
title that had been taken away
from Monzon.
In a stunning display of punching power the
vastly under rated Valdez sent
Brisco down and out in round
seven. Brisko came back but
finished the year dropping a
points call to all time great
Emile Griffith.
Briscoe would then
go undefeated in his next 13
bouts. He won nine and drew
in four. In this span he would
beat Eddie Gregory ( a.k.a.
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
). He would draw with the
dangerous Eugene “ Cyclone
“ Hart. In a return go Brisko
blasted out Hart in one round.
Brisco also drew in a return
with Griffith.
In 1977 after Carlos Monzon had officially
retired, Briscoe was again
matched with Rodrigo Valdez
for vacant title. Again Rodrigo had Bennie’s number and
won a very close decision.
Starting with a decision loss to future champion Vito Antuofermo, Briscoe would lose nine of his
last 17 fights.
Later that year
Briscoe would drop a verdict
to another future champion
named Marvin Hagler. At
this stage of his career any
middleweight who dreamed
of becoming the champion
had to go through Briscoe
first.
By the early 1980’s
Briscoe was becoming a
stepping stone for young,
talented fighters like Vinnie
Curto. After a 1982 loss to
Jimmy Sykes at the famous
Blue Horizon in Philadelphia, hometown boy Briscoe decided to hang up the
gloves.
He left a legacy of
96 fights against many of
the toughest welterweights
and middleweights of his
day. He won 66 fights and
an amazing 53 of those by
knockout.
He was stopped
only once in his career. His
record reads like a who’s
who of boxing in that era.
If ever a fighter
who was never crowned a “
world champion “ deserved
to be elected in to the Hall
Of Fame, it is none other
than Bennie Briscoe.
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On The Town
MOVIES * MUSIC * THEATER * DANCE * RESTAURANTS * NIGHT LIFE
Sommore and D.L. Hughley return with comedy tour
The Royal Comedy Tour featuring Sommore, Mark Curry, D.L.
Hughley, and Gary Owens
will be at the State Theatre
on Friday, February 8, at
7:00 p.m.
Sommore is the
”Queen of Comedy,” and is
one of America’s top comedic performers. Simmore,
who is originally from
Trenton, New Jersey, has
appeared in Russell Simmons’ “Def Comedy Jam”,
BET’s “Live From LA”,
“Showtime At The Apollo”
and was featured on “The
Oprah Winfrey Show.”
Sommore received
Sommore
Hughley
the prestigious Richard Pryor Miami Tail,” “Friday After
Award for “Comic Of The Next” and “Something New.”
Year.” Her film appearances
Mark Curry starinclude “Soul Plane,” “A ried for five years in “Han-
Curry
Owens
gin’ with Mr. Cooper” on on “ESPN’s Cold Pizza.”
For tickets call 216ABC. He hosted the BET’s
comedy talent search show 771-8403 or visit playhous“Coming to the Stage,” and esquare.org.
Ms. Monique releases ' She Motions' album
Tony R. Taylor of
Soul Entertainment recentlyannounced the release of
soul diva Ms. Monique’s
sophomore album, “She
Motions.” The album is the
follow up to her hugely successful debut album, “Soul
Session Chapter I”, and is
available for purchase at CD
Baby, Amazon.com, iTunes,
and eMusic.
The album was
released on the Soul Entertainment label on November 6th, and an album release party was December
13th in Atlanta at Crossover
Studios.
Originally from
South Florida, Ms. Monique
relocated to Atlanta in 2003
after receiving a record deal
with the UK based label
Serious Records, a subsidiary of Universal Records.
In 2004, she met Taylor of
Soul Entertainment through
a mutual friend, and the two
developed an instant rapport. The culmination of
their collaboration was the
Monique
2005 album, “Soul Sessions
Chapter I.”
Ms. Monique wrote
all of the songs on album, and
co-produced it with Atlanta’s
highly renowned Frank McKinney. “Soul Sessions Chapter
I” received critical acclaim
and accolades, garnering attention from media and fans,
and winning several awards.
Ms. Monique, also
the leader and vocalist of the
group Mo Sol, began performing nationwide extensively.
MENU TIPS
Cherry pecan chews to share
(NAPS)—When
you’re looking to make a
treat to share with family
and friends or give as a gift,
having a fantastic “go-to”
recipe in your arsenal can
be sweet. Here’s one that fits
the bill on ease of preparation and taste and that you’ll
be happy to share with those
you love.
Created
by
Louanne Bertrand, a popular
food blogger at Louanne’s
Kitchen, it’s a cookie that’s
great anytime of the year.
Cherry Pecan Chews
Yield: 5 dozen
2½ cups flour
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1½ cups sugar
1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon almond extract
1 large egg
⅓ cup finely chopped maraschino cherries
1 cup toasted and finely
chopped pecans
Note: The dough
must chill before baking;
preheat oven to 350º F when
ready to bake.
Whisk flour, baking powder and salt together; set aside. Cream together
butter, sugar, vanilla and
almond until fluffy. Beat in
egg. Mix in cherries and pecans.
Add flour mixture,
mixing until well incorporated. Pat dough into a disk, wrap
in plastic wrap or wax paper,
and chill for at least 1 hour, although overnight is best.
Preheat oven to 350º
F. Line a baking sheet with
parchment paper or spray with
nonstick spray. Using a small
cookie scoop, portion dough
onto prepared baking sheet,
spacing cookies 2” apart.
Bake for 11−12 minutes or until lightly brown
around the edges. Allow
cookies to cool for at least 5
minutes before removing to a
cooling rack.
A librarian by day
and wanna-be chef at home,
Louanne says, “This recipe,
like many others I share on
my blog, is my own, based on
culinary memories from my
childhood.”
She
recommends
you keep a jar or two of maraschino cherries on hand to add
color and flavor to your favorite baked goods. The cherries
are so versatile that they can
be used in appetizers, beverages and entrées, as well as
desserts.
For more tips and
recipes, visit Louanne’s Kitchen at www.louanneskitchen.
com and the National Cherry
Foundation at www.nationalcherries.com.
In 2007, she began writing
songs for “She Motions.”
Responding to how
she’s different from other artists, Ms. Monique said, “I’m
a very passionate vocalist and
songwriter, and I believe in
writing and speaking about
the truth, no matter how brash
it may seem at times.
When I am conveying a message about something, I don’t water it down
as much as some mainstream
artists would because they
don’t think listeners are capa-
ble of consuming something
that’s so profound. My songs
are about women who have
been around the block a few
times, and have had some
life experiences and deep
relationships. These women
are trying to make the next
walk around the block better and I am speaking out to
help them. I believe in empowering women and listeners to know what their worth
is and help them feel better
about their situations. I want
them to know that they’re
not alone, and they’re not the
only ones experiencing what
they’re going through. I also
want them to know they have
a choice in what to do about
it. In my music, I always give
you a scenario, whether it’s
about my baby’s daddy or
my best friend’s troubles. But
I always present a resolution
as well. I’m not just a soul
singer; I sing from my soul.
“She Motions” can
be purchased at Amazon.
com, CD Baby, eMusic, and
iTunes.
Chris' Cinema Trivia &
Movie Match Up
By CHRIS APPLING

TRIVIA - (Black Leading Men)
1. Who is the legendary, black leading man
and calypso singer who
starred with the great, Dorothy Dandridge in 3 films:
'Bright Road' (1953), 'Carmen Jones' (1954) and 'Island In The Sun' (1957)?
2. Who is the former
running back for the Cleveland Browns who turned
into a macho, action-film star
appearing in such movies as
'The Dirty Dozen' (1967),
'Riot' (1968), ad in the 1969
classic '100 Rifles' where he
starred with Burt Reynolds
and created controversy for
having an on-screen, interracial love scene with white
actress Raquel Welch?
3. Shavenheaded
Louis Gossett, Jr. made his
film debut in 'A Raisin In
The Sun' (1961), starred as
the musical slave 'Fiddler' in
Alex Haley's 'Roots' miniseries (1977), but in what
motion-picture did he win
an Oscar for Best Supporting
Actor?
4. Versatile actor

Laurence Fishburne has
starred in Spike Lee's 'School
Daze' (1988) and in John
Singleton's 'Boyz 'N The
Hood' (1991), and an Oscarnominated portrayal of Ike
Turner in the Tina Turner
biography 'What's Love Got
To Do With It' (1993), but
in what sci-fi movie did he
star with Anglo-Asian actor
Keanu Reeves as a futuristic
rebel leader against an evil,
artificially-intelligent, machine program?
5. Who is the talented actor who starred as
the real-life, controversial,
high school principal Joe
Clark in 'Lean On Me' (1988)
as a black, Civil War soldier
in 'Glory' (1989) and as
white actress Jessica Tandy's
chauffeur and best friend in
'Driving Miss Daisy' (1989)?
ANSWERS: 1. Harry Belfonte 2. Jim Brown 3. 'An
Officer and A Gentleman'
4. 'The Matrix' (1999) 5.
Morgan Freeman
MOVIE MATCH-UP - (Samuel L. Jackson)
CHARACTERS:
1. Jungle Fever (1991)
2. Jurassic Park (1993)
3. A Time To Kill (1996)
4.Eve's Bayou (1997)
5.Shaft (2000)
ROLES:
a) vengeful father of
abused daughter
b) cheating doctor of Creole family
c) scientist on dinosaur island
d) supercool detective
e) crack-addicted brother
ANSWERS: 1, e; 2, c; 3,
a; 4, b; 5, d
Taylor Swift returns to the 'Q' in concert
In support of her
blockbuster new album,
“Red,” six-time Grammy
winner Taylor Swift returns
to Quicken Loans Arena onThursday April 25th, with
special guest Ed Sheeran!
Tickets for the
“Red” Tour are on sale and
can be purchased online at
www.theQarena.com, charge
by phone at 1-888-894-9424,
at the Quicken Loans Arena
Box Office, and at one of Discount Drug Mart’s 58 northern Ohio locations.
Just
Jazz
By NANCY ANN LEE
Eastern Rebellion
A much underrated
jazz pianist, Cedar Walton
has been nearly overlooked
by fans and the press, even
though he has consistently performed since rising to prominence in the mid-60s with Art
Blakey's Jazz Messengers.
With his new version
of the Eastern Rebellion quartet (initially formed in 1975
with saxman George Coleman
and the late Sam Jones) Walton has gained more attention.
Drummer Billy Higgins, a charter member of the
quartet, has regularly worked
with Walton since the 1950s.
Recordings in the
past few years have included
bassist David Williams, a
Walton collaborator since
the 1970s, and young London-born saxophonist Ralph
Moore, the spark plug who
ignited the dormant Rebellion
on a 1990 session when Freddie Hubbard couldn't play.
Moore joined Walton's energetic mainstream
jazz trio to record Mosaic
(Music Master's, 1992).
Eastern Rebellion's
second album, Simple Pleasure, released in 1993, featured mostly Walton originals.
claim and has already topped
the iTunes album sales charts
in 40 countries.
On the “Red” Tour,
Taylor is currently slated to
headline 62 shows in 45 cities in 29 states and 3 provinces in 2013.
The tour will kickoff on March 13 in Omaha,
Nebraska and continue
through September.
Swift
Taylor made the
special announcement in
partnership with ABC’s primetime TV special “All Access Nashville with Katie
Couric – A Special Edition of
20/20.” Watch the announcement here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoJj5nAGpM.
“Red” was released
on October 22nd to widespread worldwide critical ac-
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“Red” album, “Everything
Has Changed,” has already
reached the #1 position atop
iTunes all-genre Top Songs
chart, will be a special guest
on all of the shows on the
tour.
The “Red” Tour will
be produced and promoted by
The Messina Group (TMG).
At Taylor’s request,
every show will include tickets priced at under $50.
TMG is a partner
of AEG Live, one of the top
live entertainment companies
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Walmart Foundation awards $745,000 to Ohio non-profits
The Walmart
Foundation recently announced twelve Ohio
non-profit organizations
have been awarded a total of $745,000 in grants
through its State Giving
Program to assist in the
fight against hunger, help
children in need and support community/professional development initiatives.
The
grants
were awarded during
four check presentation
ceremonies held in Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo and Sidney where
Walmart representatives
joined leaders from the
charitable organizations
to discuss the initiatives
and the positive impact
they are having in their
respective communities.
“This year the
associates and representatives from the Walmart
Foundation’s State Giving Council are pleased
to continue its support for
the war against hunger in
communities around the
state,” said David Gose,
Walmart’s Regional General Manager for Southern Ohio. “This year we
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reach by providing support for organizations
that are making a difference in the lives of women and children and the
communities in which
many of us live.”
Among the organizations
receiving
grants in the Cleveland
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Clubs of Cleveland
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to support its Academic
Success program; Cleveland Foodbank (Cleveland) - $100,000 for its
cold storage expansion
project; National Society to Prevent Blindness – Ohio Affiliate
(Statewide) - $45,000
for the Star Pupils Program; Ohio Association
of Foodbanks (Statewide) - $100,000 to
help build capacity of
the emergency food network across the state;
and The Urban League
of Greater Cleveland
(Cleveland) - $50,000 to
support the Bridging the
Gap program to provide
workforce development
services.
“Our network
of 12 member Feeding
America foodbanks has
seen a 45 percent increase in need for emergency food assistance
since the height of the
recession three years
ago,” said Lisa HamlerFugitt, executive director
of the Ohio Association
of Foodbanks. “Walmart
and the Walmart Foundation continue to recognize and elevate the vital
importance of hunger
relief to our local communities. Their support
of our statewide hunger
relief initiatives remains
integral to the fulfillment
of our mission to provide
food and other resources
to people in need, especially during historic levels of need in our state.”
The contributions were made possible
through the Walmart
Foundation’s
Ohio
State Giving Program.
Through this program,
the Walmart Foundation
supports organizations
that create opportunities
so people can live better.
The Walmart Foundation
State Giving Program
strives to award grants
that have a long-lasting,
positive impact on communities across the U.S.
In
2011,
Walmart stores, Sam’s
Club locations and the
Walmart
Foundation
gave more than $32.8
million in cash and inkind donations to local
organizations in the com-
munities they serve in the
state of Ohio.
To be considered for support, perspective grantee organizations must submit
applications through the
Walmart
Foundation
State Giving Program’s
online grant application.
Applicants must have
a current 501(c)(3) taxexempt status in order to
meet the program’s minimum eligibility criteria.
Additional information
about the program’s
funding guidelines and
application process are
available online at www.
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stategiving.
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